Stan Getz with Bob Brookmeyer - Lester Left Town
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- Lester Left Town (Shorter) Stan Getz with Bob Brookmeyer - Lester Left Town. Prague, 1968. Intro: Stan talks about Jazz with Itzhak Perlman during a White House performance, with Chick Corea.
"On the classic Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album Big Beat from 1960, the innovative young saxophonist Wayne Shorter wrote a tribute to an icon for saxophone players - Lester Young. This was a surprise to many people. Shorter was thought of as the new guard, the new sound. He was more influenced by classical composers such as Ravel than the Tin Pan Alley song-smiths that most jazz players referenced.
Shorter’s tribute song Lester Left Town is not a throwback either. Art Blakey and Blue Note producer Alfred Lion got into a fight as to whether to record it or not. Why? Shorter said in a 1981 interview, “I think my tune was new. The modernity, all those chromatics were too much for Alfred.” Yet when you hear it, you can hear the Lester Young spirit in the strange new notes and also in Shorter’s saxophone solo.
Shorter said, “It’s a small tribute to Lester. It was meant to show how I felt about his whole musical existence. I’ve been aware of Lester since I began playing, and this tune took a long time to write. Because of my own style, a lot of people seemed surprised that I’d written a piece for Lester, but listeners don’t always realize how many influences help to form a musician. And the song is also meant to show that we younger players do think of those who are gone.”
Pause for a moment to think of how many influences helped to form you - your outlook, your life path, your daily choices large and small. Think of those who are gone and see how you can guide what you do today to be a small tribute to them. Take their wisdom and consciously make one part of it your own today - blend the two to form you at your best." Bob Fletcher
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Bob Brookmeyer, brillante trombón player, magnífico sonido y gran feeling. Buen partner para Stan Getz.
Thank you for posting this! Always loved Stan’s playing.
Stan had some serious issues earlier in his life. In his final days, he more or less had figured it all out.
Fitting tribute to Wayne Shorter given his passing this year, as well as to Lester Young. Wonderful post.
Good point!
this is a treat: Itzhak Perlman talking to Getz at the White House gala, with a warm and well deserved bit of praise from Getz for Chick, whose reaction is priceless ... thanks for letting that precede this excellent performance
The problem with listening to Stan Getz is that you always end up looking at a tenor sax and wondering why no one can make it sound like that. Magnificent collaboration! Thank you.
Well said!
"We'd all play like Stan Getz -- if only we could!" -- John Coltrane
Ho sentito dal vivo Stan.l'ultima volta pochi mesi prima che se ne andasse!suono due ore con foga e bravura!era veramente "the Sound"❤
I'm so glad,Brett,that you're still in town. This is beautiful. I enjoyed and participated in your live interview sessions. As Sonny said,"Jazz is life". Thank you so much for your tireless work (and greetings and love from Glasgow, Scotland).
Thanks, Charles. The beat goes on.
Outstanding!!!!
Thank you ❤️
Thank you!
❤ Stan Getz, always surprising and moving. Any chance to learn about who are the rhythm section players? Is that Mike Richmond on bass?
Yes. And Jeff Brillinger on drums, and probably Andy LaVerne on piano. I don't recognize the percussionist. And lest we forget, Bob Brookmeyer on valve trombone.
@@billkirchner6738 Thanks a lot!
But he is with us
Yes, all the great ones live forever though their recordings.
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